Landscaping

Landscaping Services

Residential or Commercial, simple or complex, Central Paving creates the perfect landscape with a one-stop-shop solution for all your landscaping needs. We complete projects such as interlocking stone, armor stone retaining walls, patios, as well as waterfalls, and other visual elements. If you’re looking to create a landscaping design that will greatly enhance your outdoor spaces, Central Paving invites you to get an on-site estimate on landscaping services.

Landscaping Products

Central Paving delivers quality landscaping products including sand, gravel, and top soil for a wide variety of applications from sports fields to agriculture to road base throughout lower mainland.

Concrete Sand

Description

  • Considered “innocuous” with respects to AAR
  • Specific gravity, bulk SSD 2.78
  • Clay lumps and friable particles less than 1%
  • Sub round to sub angular volcanic and plutonic rock

Applications

  • Highways, ports, precast & towers
  • Locations where large quantities of consistent concrete is required

River Sand

Description

  • Fraser River Sand is a unique grey/black river sand with excellent free draining properties
  • Provides maximum turbidity entrapment and is a naturally clean filtration media removing particles, yet maintaining high water flow
  • One of the lowest acid solubility specifications

Applications

  • Back fills, settling ponds, where environmental specifications for water run-off is required
  • Filter sand
  • Preload applications

Septic Sand

Description

  • The properties allow sand not to bind, this sand has excellent free draining properties
  • Reduces the rate of biomat clogging
  • Increases the rate of wastewater movement from the dispersal trench into the soil

Applications

  • Sewage mound or drainage field

Screened River Sand

Description

  • Reduces thatch on lawns, sports fields and golf courses
  • Modifies existing soil conditions and is pliable after rainfall
  • Washed at 3000 gallons per minute
  • Sub angular to sub-rounded

Applications

  • Golf courses
  • Topdressing for beaches
  • Playfields & sports fields

Agricultural Sand

Description

  • Silt free sand, little to no bacteria for healthier cows – greater milk yields, significantly less hoof issues
  • Bedding is soft so minimal udder issues

Applications

  • Agricultural river sand product that meets specifications between 0.5mm-1.5mm
  • Used bedding material is an excellent top dressing for crop fields
  • Dairy Farms, Equestrian

Water Filtration Sand

Description

  • Rapid flow and cleaning efficiency

Applications

  • Industrial and municipal water and waste water systems
  • Underground stormwater infiltration, a municipal best practice for groundwater protection

BC Hydro Bedding Sand

Description

  • Pliability after rainfall

Applications

  • Bedding utility ducts (Hydro & Tel)

Fill Sand

Description

  • Holds a 10-20% weight advantage
  • Reduced number of tonnes required to achieve a certain volume

Applications

  • Pre-loading
  • Bulk fill, back fill and sub-grade fill projects

Winter Road Sand

Description

  • Washed and screened sand for traction
  • Free of salt and harmful chemicals

Applications

  • Traction on icy and snowy surfaces
  • Sandbags to cut open and use
  • Added vehicle weight

1-2″ Drain Rock

Description

  • Round rock that allows water to flow through quickly and evenly

Applications

  • Where a water runoff is required
  • Used around weeping / drain tile and in septic fields

3″ Minus Quarry

Description

  • 3″ Fractured rock with fines, compacts well for a stable surface yet drains efficiently
  • Water will not pool or become trapped in the base
  • Excellent platform for both concrete and asphalt

Applications

  • Ideally suited for roadway and driveway bases

3″ Clear Crush Quarry

Description

  • 3″ Fractured, angular rock
  • Contains no sand / fines / silt

Applications

  • Provides excellent drainage

3/4 Clear Crush Quarry

Description

  • 3/4″ Fractured, angular rock with no sand, fines or silt

Applications

  • Landscaping applications to discourage plant/weed growth
  • Foundation drainage for new construction or renovation
  • Sub base for driveways, concrete slabs, parking areas

3/4″ Rounds

Description

  • 3/4″ round rock washed of dirt & silt

Applications

  • Perimeter drainage, drainage around retaining walls and perimeter beds
  • Backfill around Big O drain pipe (perforated and solid) and for drainage runoff channels

1-2″ River Rock

Description

  • 3″ Fractured, angular rock
  • Contains no sand / fines / silt

Applications

  • Provides excellent drainage

2-6″ River Rock

Description

  • A soft edge stone
  • Multi coloured rocks, usually oblong in shape with a very smooth surface

Applications

  • Decorative stone
  • Face stones for concrete walls, fireplaces or walkways
  • Flower garden borders or accents

3/4 Road Mulch Quarry

Description

  • Road Mulch is a mix of 3/4″ fractured rock with fines
  • Compacts well, offers good drainage and is stable once in place

Applications

  • Primarily as a road base for new road construction
  • Gravel driveways, base fill, water control berms, pipe bedding

Crusher Dust Quarry

Description

  • 3/8″ minus chips with fines, easily compacted and forms a tight, hard surface with very little water absorption
  • Provides a stable surface that will not shift underfoot

Applications

  • Used in pathways, driveways and horse paddocks, and for concrete mix due to its mix of crushed rock sand and small rock

Turf Blend Soil

Description

  • A specific mixture of river sand and aged mushroom compost
  • For wet west coast weather; can be applied and worked with even in heavy rains
  • No Biosolids (Nutrifor™)

Applications

  • Top dressing for existing lawns
  • Base for sod or seeded areas
  • Construction of commercial turf areas or renovating existing sod

Garden Blend Soil

Description

  • A consistent quality blend of compost and sand that supports a wide range of plant life
  • Free draining, lightweight and rich in nutrients
  • No Biosolids (Nutrifor™)

Applications

  • Landscape construction and plant installation
  • Planter boxes, home and vegetable gardens
  • Street renovation, highway construction, boulevards

Lot Base Soil

Description

  • Nutrient-rich base for lawns and gardens on new construction projects

Applications

  • For new building sites as an intermediate soil layer between the base substrate and topsoil
  • Maple Ridge requires 8 inches of Lot Base soil be applied to the base substrate

75/25 Top Dress

Description

  • Call Ahead for this Custom blend – Bulk Quantities Only
  • 75% river sand 25% topsoil blend that provides excellent drainage and aeration to field grasses

Applications

  • For building fairways or top dressing fairways
  • Specifically formulated for use on golf courses where drainage and soil aeration are essential to healthy grass

80/20 Golf Blend

Description

  • Call Ahead for this Custom Blend – Bulk Quantities Only
  • Blend of river sand and premium soil
  • 100% rock free, highly important for the maintenance of the courses as the grounds keeping equipment can be seriously damaged by rocks and debris in the grass and soil

Applications

  • Provides an excellent fast growing medium for fairways and greens
  • Specifically formulated for use on golf courses where drainage and soil aeration are essential to healthy grass
  • Ensures a strong base to stand up to the wear and tear of golfers

Custom Blends

Description

  • Bulk Quantities Only
  • Looking for a Specific Blend that meets your requirements
  • Spring And Summer only

Applications

  • Required or Spec’d for a job
  • Blends with specific nutrients